Saturday, September 10, 2011
2nd game of the season.
The second game of the season was a miserable loss. Alea at least looked cute with the cute soccer ribbon and red ribbon in her hair. :)
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alea scored her first soccer goal during a game last night. Davin and I were very excited!!! She even got to play goalie for a while and no one scored on her while she was in that position! We were so excited. Go Red Dragons!
Monday, September 5, 2011
OAMC September
I did a little freezer cooking today. Here is what I made:
Chicken Rice Casserole (2 dinners)
Dr. Pepper Spaghetti (2 dinners)
Low Fat Chicken Pepsi (1 dinner)
Sweet Onion Pork Chops (2 dinners)
Ham, Broccoli and Cheddar Roll (2 dinners)
I also made the make ahead mashed potatoes for this week. I think I am going to put a roast in the crock pot on Thursday and we will have the potatoes to go along with the roast.
Chicken Rice Casserole (2 dinners)
Dr. Pepper Spaghetti (2 dinners)
Low Fat Chicken Pepsi (1 dinner)
Sweet Onion Pork Chops (2 dinners)
Ham, Broccoli and Cheddar Roll (2 dinners)
I also made the make ahead mashed potatoes for this week. I think I am going to put a roast in the crock pot on Thursday and we will have the potatoes to go along with the roast.
Blog layout.
I am not a fan of this blog layout. Everyone else has their pictures right next to their post. I can't figure it out. Anyway, new pics are posted below.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
2nd Grade
Alea seems to be loving 2nd grade. Blake, a boy with severe disabilities, is in her class (although he spends most of his day in another room that can better meet his needs) and Alea LOVES to help Blake as much as possible. The assistant principal stopped me the other day in the hall to tell me what a great helper Alea is with Blake and how Alea already knows how to work a wheelchair all on her own. I am so proud of her kind heart and helping spirit.
The Lake House
This weekend we went to my brother in laws lake house on Grand Lake in Oklahoma. It was a pretty rough weekend.
I LOVE to ride the jet ski and for the first time I fell off. The falling off part was pretty funny...it was the getting back on part (in deep water) that was not funny (although I kept laughing hysterically). I do not have the upper (or lower, or mid) body strength that I should have and could not get back on by myself. I tried forever though. Luckily I was close enough to the house that my brother in law came out and helped me. I have sore muscles EVERYWHERE and some major bruises to prove my injuries. I still love to jet ski...I just don't love trying to get back on in deep water.
Late afternoon Davin got a call from work that one of his employees was drunk at work. He had to leave the lake house and drive home. Round trip it was 3 hours of driving. I felt so bad for him. Once he got there they have a company they call to do this kind of testing. Wouldn't you know it the lady on call had to come in from the lake too. When it was all said and done the guy blew a zero....not drunk. False alarm. I guess he smelled like alcohol from drinking the day before he came to work (hint: brush your teeth dude!).
By the time Davin got back to the lake we had another round of drama. Danica (my sister in law) was walking Dempsey (their 1 1/2 year old) out of the kitchen and Dempsey didn't want to go so she pulled her legs up while Danica was still holding on to her hand and Danica heard a pop in Dempsey's arm. Dempsey cried like I have never heard her cry before. Sadly, Danica has heard that cry before because Dempsey just got her cast off of her other arm from having two broken bones in her arm from falling off of the her parents bed. (On another note, Dylan, her oldest, broke his arm the same week as Dempsey by falling off the monkey bars at a friends house.) Anyway, long story short...they took her to the emergency room back in Joplin (an hour drive or so) and it turned out what we thought was a broken bone was "nursemaid's elbow". I guess it is the leading reason children are taken to ERs. Apparently it needs to be taken care of within 12 hours of happening so it is a good thing they took her to the ER. They popped her elbow back in and she was in perfect working order again in five mintues time. Of course by this time it was 3 am and her parents were very tired. Davin, Alea, Dylan, Delaney (their other child), their friend Carol and I stayed at the lake house. The other kids never knew Danica and Joe left for a few hours. I slept with Dylan until they got home in case he woke up in the night and went looking for them. We didn't want him to get scared or to wonder around outside. He never even rolled over! :) I felt really bad for my sister in law. She couldn't stand to hear her baby cry like that but I knew she was afraid to take Dempsey to the hospital because she was afraid they could call DHS on her even though they were really all just accidents. I told her I figured they would dismiss Dempsey but I wasn't so sure about them releasing Joe and Danica. Luckily they never even questioned her story.
We are home now and we are all very tired.
:)
Happy Labor Day!
I LOVE to ride the jet ski and for the first time I fell off. The falling off part was pretty funny...it was the getting back on part (in deep water) that was not funny (although I kept laughing hysterically). I do not have the upper (or lower, or mid) body strength that I should have and could not get back on by myself. I tried forever though. Luckily I was close enough to the house that my brother in law came out and helped me. I have sore muscles EVERYWHERE and some major bruises to prove my injuries. I still love to jet ski...I just don't love trying to get back on in deep water.
Late afternoon Davin got a call from work that one of his employees was drunk at work. He had to leave the lake house and drive home. Round trip it was 3 hours of driving. I felt so bad for him. Once he got there they have a company they call to do this kind of testing. Wouldn't you know it the lady on call had to come in from the lake too. When it was all said and done the guy blew a zero....not drunk. False alarm. I guess he smelled like alcohol from drinking the day before he came to work (hint: brush your teeth dude!).
By the time Davin got back to the lake we had another round of drama. Danica (my sister in law) was walking Dempsey (their 1 1/2 year old) out of the kitchen and Dempsey didn't want to go so she pulled her legs up while Danica was still holding on to her hand and Danica heard a pop in Dempsey's arm. Dempsey cried like I have never heard her cry before. Sadly, Danica has heard that cry before because Dempsey just got her cast off of her other arm from having two broken bones in her arm from falling off of the her parents bed. (On another note, Dylan, her oldest, broke his arm the same week as Dempsey by falling off the monkey bars at a friends house.) Anyway, long story short...they took her to the emergency room back in Joplin (an hour drive or so) and it turned out what we thought was a broken bone was "nursemaid's elbow". I guess it is the leading reason children are taken to ERs. Apparently it needs to be taken care of within 12 hours of happening so it is a good thing they took her to the ER. They popped her elbow back in and she was in perfect working order again in five mintues time. Of course by this time it was 3 am and her parents were very tired. Davin, Alea, Dylan, Delaney (their other child), their friend Carol and I stayed at the lake house. The other kids never knew Danica and Joe left for a few hours. I slept with Dylan until they got home in case he woke up in the night and went looking for them. We didn't want him to get scared or to wonder around outside. He never even rolled over! :) I felt really bad for my sister in law. She couldn't stand to hear her baby cry like that but I knew she was afraid to take Dempsey to the hospital because she was afraid they could call DHS on her even though they were really all just accidents. I told her I figured they would dismiss Dempsey but I wasn't so sure about them releasing Joe and Danica. Luckily they never even questioned her story.
We are home now and we are all very tired.
:)
Happy Labor Day!
American Girl
Last month Alea auditioned for an American Girl fashion show here in town for the Arts Center of the Ozarks. Hundreds of girls tried out and they only choose a few so I tried to talk up how great it was just to get to try out. Alea seemed understand that the odds of her getting chosen were very slim so we walked away with a happy attitude and were just glad we got to experience the day together and be around others girls who love AG too. Low and behold, a week later I got an email that she was chosen. She will be playing a Bitty Baby twin with another little girl. I can't wait to see the girl they partnered her with. I wonder if they will look a lot alike. This week I have a parent informational meeting. She has two fittings she will attend along with rehersal and then the show on October 1st. It is very exciting for this mommy and daughter.
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